Best Holiday Film Sweet Seventeen: Die Hard (1) vs How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (16)

[Chris]

Die Hard
Release Date: July 15, 1988
Directed by: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia
Plot: An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.



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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Release Date: December 18, 1966
Directed by: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam
Starring: Boris Karloff, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dallas McKennon
Plot: A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
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[Marty McFourth]

Getting in before the discussions get spicy again

Die Hard though, as much as I like The Grinch.

 

[Chris]

Getting in before the discussions get spicy again

Die Hard though, as much as I like The Grinch.

I can't wait for 10 pages in this thread. I'll start the controversy:

I'd vote grinch even without the Christmas qualifier bc its better

 

[RDK]

Grinch for sure

 

[Comrade Khan]

Die Hard all day

 

[CakeWalker]

Even Michael Masi knows Die Hard is better

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

The Grinch is just such a timeless classic, from horror legend Boris Karloff's deep recognizable voice, his intonation, his diction. The way he tells the story is just so classic.

 

[Deezy]

Grinch never walked through 20 feet of broken glass.

 

[Jimmy King]

As good as How The Grinch Stole Christmas is, it doesn’t have Hans Gruber falling from Nakatomi Plaza.

Die Hard.

 

[Samoa Looch]

This is really tough. Probably the toughest one in the opening round, because that version of the whole Grinch story is the best adaptation of anything Dr. Seuss related of all time.

...buuuut I watch Die Hard and Christmas Vacation each year in the holiday time as a double feature, so I have to go with the Willis.

 

[Keith]

Both classics but in different ways. To be honest I figured most people would vote Die Hard to I throw The Grinch my vote. Don't mind which wins.